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R. W. SEXTON FILLER FORM Origlnl FiledMarch 26, 1915 Roy Patented .inne 5, i923.

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ROY W. SEXTON, 0F WYTHEVILLE, VIRGINIA.

FILLER FORM.

Application filed March 26, 1915, Serial No. 17,145.

T 0 all whom t may Concern.'

Be it known that I, Rox W. SEx'roN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Vwytheville, county of VVythe, and State of T7irginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Filler Forms, set forth in the following specification.

This invention relates to filler forms design-ed to be applied to the surface of a fabric to be embroidered in a manner so that the embroidery stitches may be filled in over its surface to complete an embroidered design in conformity with the contour of the filler form which at the same time fills the stitches out from the surface of the embroidered fabric.

The difculty with the use of felt as the material for the filler form is not that it disintegrates and becomes pulverulent, but that it has a tendency to bunch and become very uneven in its disposition beneath the overlying embroidery threads. Nevertheless felt has itself certain inherent qualities most efficiently adapting it to form a filling material under embroidery threads. It is cheap. It makes at least a temporarily good cushion. It never is brittle and it does not impart a non-textile feeling to an embroidered fabric.

The object of my invention is to make possible the utilization of all the advantageous features of felt or a batting of felted fibers in an embroidery form withoutits disadvantages. To this end I combine the unyielding inelastic quality of tightly twisted spun threads with the cushioning qualities of the batting so that each thread shall locally prevent the tendency to bunch in the batting. Preferably my tightlytwisted non-extensible binding threads should extend throughout the entire extent of and parallel with the general contour lines of the design of the filler form and in addition other threads should extend crosswise of each member of the filler form. This, however, is impracticable of achievment on account of expense and I approximate the desired result by employing binding threads in the form of a textile fabric such as lawn. Preferably for practical purposes my filler form comprises an inner body of batting and both a top and bottom binding covering of interlocked crossing threads, each of which is substantially non-extensible and which are all firmly secured to the filling Renewed March 26, 1921. Serial No. 455,982.

of batting by a binder` preferably by one of the binders, such as have been described in ply Patent No. 1,224,674 dated May 1, 191

The above will be better understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, which show illustrative embodiments of my invention, which form a part of this specification, in which like characters designate corresponding parts, and in which,

Fig. l is a cross section on line 1--1 of Fig. 2 drawn to an enlarged scale through a member of a filler form embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan View of a filler form embodying my invention; and

Fig. 3 is a section similar to Fig. 1, but showing both the top and bottom reenforcing layers. L

A sheet of fabric 1 is formed by compressing a batting of interlaced fibers such as cotton batting, but there may preferably be admixed with the vegetable fibers a percentage of animal fibers, say from 5 to 25% so that the exaggerated barbs on the animal fibers will interlock with one another and act as an internal binder for the more ineifectively barbed vegetable fibers. A sheet 2 of textile fabric such as lawn is then `firmly fixed to one surface of the felt 1. This may preferably be accomplished by moistening the adjacent surfaces of the two fabrics with a suitable adhesive, preferably a water-insoluble binder such as a noncombustible cellulose derivative. The two sheets are then firmly pressed one to the other so that the binding material causes a firm lock between the fibers of the felt and the inextensible threads 3 and lof the textile fabric.

In this manner the body of felted fibers which has no great strength is protected by a bridging layer of tough, tenacious, substantially inextensible material, fixed to said body and serving tol prevent bunching and distortion of said body and forming an equalizing bridge directly under the embroidery threads, when they are applied over the form. The embodiment of this tough7 tenacious, substantially inextensible material in the form of a fabric of inexten sible crossing threads is a satisfactory] illustrative embodiment of the kind of material required for the bridging layer and it has qualities of toughness and tenaciousing threads yfirmly attached tothe .-,felted ness in contra-distinction to the friable characteristic Iof fibrous, l,cellulosic :material vof a paper-.like character.

It is contemplated that a dry. binder in the form of powder maybe employed when heat as well as pressureshould be applied to unite the textile fabric with the felt. It

is also contemplated that the felt may bel united `with the protecting layer of textile similar manner to the lower surface of the felt l, so that its inextensibl'e `interlocked threads and 6 each serve as abinderagainst distortionfor'the bottom of the felt lf From the finished fabric thus formed `suitable embroidery designs are formed by cutters and filler forms in the design desired are cut out, as for example, -the finished liller form 8 shown in Fig. 2.' A

Buring the cutting out process, it is preferred that an arched cross sectionbe given tothe forms. This arched cross section is indicated in the Figs.

lVhat is claimed and what is desired to be secured by United States Letters -Patent 1. A vwashable yfiller form-embodying an embroidery design adapted to be completely coveredby embroiderythreads, and comprising a flexible form body of felted fibers combined with an outer layer of inextensible crossing threads firmly attached 'to the felted. body to loclt-he 'same against distortionand bunching.

2. A. washable r filler form embodyingan embroidery design, adaptedA tofble completely H `covered byvembroidery threads, and lcomprising a flexible form :body of felted fibers combined with an `outer surface .layeran'd an inner surface layerofinextensible crossbody to lock the same against distortion andibunehing. v

XA tough, pliable, composite Twashable filler form of an embroidery design to be covered' by Yembroidery threads, comprising a protecting top layer of textile fabric such as has interlocked threads, a lower layer of felt-like material, and cementitious material securingfthetfelt tothe under .surface of the fabric whereby a durable, shaperetaining filler form is provided having a smooth :firm upper surface.

4. `A tough, pliable, ycomposite washable fillerform of an embroidery design to be covered yby embroidery threads, comprising a protectingy top layer lof cloth of the crossed-thread type, a lower layer of relatively loose -felt, Vand 'cementitious material uniting the layer yof felt and cloth, the cloth layerv with the feementitious ,material applied giving they shape-retaining property covered by embroidery threads comprising a body of -,felt-like=material and a thin "protecting layer of textile fabric :such as has crossing threads secured to one of the surfaces of said body to give shape-retaining property tosaid form. v

In witness whereof, I lhavefsigned my name `to athis specification, fin the presence of vtwo. subscribing witnesses.

lROY W. SEXTON.

y lfitnesses v' y MATTHEu/MONAHAM y L. .ALTMAN 

